VISUALISATION OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS

Question 1

What is a kasina?

Accepted Answer

An object of focus - samatha meditation (shapes/colour/water, An object of focus - samatha meditation (shapes/colour/water

Question 2

Visualisation involves examining the qualities and characteristics of the object imagined

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 3

What is a thangka?

Accepted Answer

a detailed painting of a Buddha or Bodhisattva

Question 4

Why would Buddhists visualise the Medicine Buddha?

Accepted Answer

Helps them to reduce suffering and promote healing

Question 5

What practices are recommended for people who want to be reborn in Pure Land?

Accepted Answer

Chanting Amitabha's name, Making praises and offerings to Amitabha, reciting scriptures and worshipping Amitabha, Meditating on Amitabha and his paradise

Question 6

Which Bodhisattva represents compassion and is a model for compassion for Buddhists?

Accepted Answer

Avalokiteshvara

Question 7

What is the most important practice in Pure Land Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Reciting Amitabha's name

Question 8

Why do Pure Buddhists hope to be reborn in Pure Land, which is also called Sukhavati?

Accepted Answer

Pure land has no suffering or any barriers to enlightenment, They can be taught by Amitabha Buddha himself, It offers the perfect conditions for enlightenment, It is a perfect paradise

Question 9

Who is the Medicine Buddha?

Accepted Answer

The Buddha of healing

Question 10

How is visualisation different from using a kasina in samatha meditation? 2 answers

Accepted Answer

while visualisation is imagining the object in your mind, Using a kasina involves have the object in front of you ...

Question 11

What can a mandala represent in Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Pure Land / paradise created by Amitabha Buddha, Buddha or Bodhisattva, The universe, Buddhist principles or teachings

Question 12

Why would Buddhists visualise Amitabha Buddha?

Accepted Answer

Helps them to be reborn in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha

Question 13

Tibetan Buddhists visualise a 'deity'. This means...

Accepted Answer

imagining / examining the qualities of an enlightened being

Question 14

Who is the Amitabha Buddha?

Accepted Answer

King-turned-monk, got enlightened, created a Pure Land

Question 15

Which branch of Buddhism follow Amitabha Buddha?

Accepted Answer

Pure Land Buddhists

Question 16

What is meant by 'visualisation'?

Accepted Answer

Imagining or seeing an object in one's mind

Question 17

Name the three Buddhas or Bodhisattvas Mahayana Buddhists might visualise

Accepted Answer

The Medicine Buddha, Avalokiteshvara and Amitabha Buddha

Question 18

Why would Buddhists visualise the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara?

Accepted Answer

Helps them develop a sense of compassion (karuna)

Question 19

What is a mandala?

Accepted Answer

intricate, colourful circle-shaped pattern about the Buddha

Question 20

What is a 'thangka'?

Accepted Answer

detailed painting of a Buddha or Bodhisattva

Question 21

Visualisation is particularly common in ...

Accepted Answer

Tibetan Buddhism and other Mahayana traditions

Question 22

Visualisation is a part of ...

Accepted Answer

meditation

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